Vietnam faces world's 90th ranked team at Thien Truong 'fire pit'

Vietnam team will face Syria at Thien Truong. (Photo: Ta Hien/Vietnam+)

After Hong Kong (China), the Vietnam team will continue to have another match with the Syria team in the friendly match series in June.

The match between Vietnam and Syria will take place at the "fire pan" Thien Truong, Nam Dinh on June 20.

The Syrian team is currently ranked 90th in the world , 5 places above the Vietnamese team in the FIFA rankings.

Syria also entered the final qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia like Vietnam. Syria won 6 points in this qualifying round, with 1 win against Lebanon and 3 draws against opponents Iraq (2 times) and UAE.

Syria also showed their frustration when they lost narrowly to World Cup teams like Iran and South Korea in the first leg of the qualifying round at that time.

Syria's squad has many quality players playing in Europe such as Abdul Weiss, Oliver Kawo, Amma Ramadan, Simon Amin.

Syria is currently led by Hector Cuper, a 65-year-old strategist who has led famous European teams in the past such as Valencia, Inter Milan, Real Betis and Parma.

Before becoming the "captain" of Syria, Mr. Hector Cuper led the teams of Egypt, Uzbekistan and Congo.

The two matches against Hong Kong and Syria will be an opportunity for Mr. Troussier to test his squad. (Photo: Hoang Linh/VNA)

Before the match against Syria, the Vietnam team will face Hong Kong (China) at Lach Tray Stadium. This is also the debut match of coach Philippe Troussier in the national team.

The two matches against Hong Kong and Syria will be an opportunity for Mr. Troussier to test his squad and find players suitable for the tactics he will build in the coming time.

These two matches are both during FIFA Days, so coach Philippe Troussier can call up players playing abroad such as Quang Hai, Cong Phuong and Van Toan./.

Huy Khanh (Vietnam+)

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